မာ်

Mon

Etymology

From Sanskrit माघ (māgha).[1][2]

Pronunciation

(Kaw Kyaik, Myanmar) IPA^(key): /ma̤ik/[1]
(Pak Kret District, Thailand) IPA^(key): /ma̤c/[2]

Noun

မာ် (māk)

The eleventh month of the Mon lunar calendar, which corresponds to February.

See also

(lunar months) စှ်ၜါရာသဳ; စဲ, ပသာ်, ဇှေ်, ဒဂိုန်, သ္ဍိသဳ, ဘတ်, ဝှ်, ကထိုန်, မြာ်ကသဵု, ပှော်, မာ်, ဖဝ်ရဂိုဏ် ^{(Category: mnw:Lunar months)}

References

Shorto, H.L. (1962) A Dictionary of Modern Spoken Mon‎, London: Oxford University Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
Sakamoto, Yasuyuki (1994) “မာ်”, in Mon - Japanese Dictionary‎ (in Japanese), Tokyo: Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, page 695

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